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paratha en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /pəˈɹaːtə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani पराठा (parāṭhā) / پَراٹھا (parāṭhā). Doublet of parotta.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) An Indian bread with a texture somewhat resembling puff pastry; sometimes stuffed with vegetables etc.
    • In India, shredded radishes are seasoned with chilies, ginger and toasted spices to make a filling for paratha. 1999 September 22, Jack Bishop, “Reconsidering the Radish: New Ways to Tame Its Bite”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Dec 2022:
    • Gerry ordered poppadoms and parathas and then he was interrupted by requests for vindaloos, chicken madrases and sag joshes, rice, raita and nan, from Priest, Morgan and Maria Grazia. 2002, Desmond Barry, A Bloody Good Friday, page 157:
    • It was homemade parathas with keema mattar — ground lamb with peas. 2009 March 4, Elaine Louie, quoting Heather Carlucci-Rodriguez, “The Temporary Vegetarian: Chana Punjabi”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2019:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
parauntha alternative lexicographic
parantha alternative lexicographic
parathas Number=Plur lexicographic
parotha alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

kebab paratha

Translations (30)

cmn 印度拋餅 /印度抛饼 (Indian bread) · or ପରଟା (Indian bread) · prs پَرَاتَه (Indian bread) · de Paratha (Indian bread) · kn ಪರಾಠಾ (Indian bread) · pnb پَرَوݨٹھَا (Indian bread) · ps پراټه (Indian bread) · mfe farata (Indian bread) · hi पराठा (Indian bread) · ur پَراٹھا (Indian bread) · bn পরোটা (Indian bread) · ms roti canai (Indian bread) · fa-ira پاراتا (Indian bread) · ta பரோட்டா (Indian bread) · as পৰঠা (Indian bread) · my ပလာတာ (Indian bread) · pl paratha (Indian bread) · cmn 印度甩餅 /印度甩饼 (Indian bread) · gu પરાઠા (Indian bread) · ms roti prata (Indian bread) · hy պարաթա (Indian bread) · fr paratha (Indian bread) · si පරාතා (Indian bread) · ja パラーター (Indian bread) · te పరాటా (Indian bread) · pt paratha (Indian bread) · ko 파라타 (Indian bread) · ru пара́тха (Indian bread) · ml പൊറോട്ട (Indian bread) · pa ਪਰੌਂਠਾ (Indian bread)